Team Falcons will face Team Spirit in the second group stage of DreamLeague Season 22. The Arabian club started their performance with two wins, while Team Spirit have already lost one bo3 series. The format of the match is bo3. Which team has a better chance of success? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed in the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament and how this match will end.
Team Falcons uniforms
Team Falcons have burst onto the professional Dota 2 scene in the past year, signing a roster that consists of notable players. The first tournament for the new squad was supposed to be ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 MENA Open Qualifier #1, but the squad qualified automatically. In the ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 MENA Closed Qualifier, Team Falcons Long Competed from the semifinals of the top set, where they confidently outplayed Winter Bear on two maps in a row. A full bo3 clash in the upper grid final with PSG.Quest ended in a loss for Falcons. ATF and team fell to the losers grid where they once again defeated Winter Bear 2-0. In the deciding game, Team Falcons outlasted PSG.Quest by a score of 3-1. The victory in the closed qualifiers secured the players a trip to ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. Team Falcons also won the Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show, earning $50,000 in prize money. At the end of the year, Falcons finished at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 in 5th-6th place in the standings. The 2024th Long Sogpeg for Team Falcons started with a series of closed qualifications for the MENA region. Being the clear favourite, the team qualified for BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024 and DreamLeague Season 22. The last event was ESL One Birmingham 2024: MENA Closed Qualifier, where the team also won and secured a trip to the LAN Championship in the UK.
The previous professional tournament for Team Falcons was BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024. As a result of the draw, Sneyking and his teammates were placed in Group A. The 2-2-1 statistics took the team to the final stage of the tournament, where they defeated Xtreme Gaming on two maps in a row. A full bo3 series against Azure Ray ended with a victory for Falcons, which allowed them to reach the finals of the upper grid. There the team outplayed BetBoom Team with a score of 2:1. In the grand final of the competition, Team Falcons defeated Team Liquid on three maps in a row to become the champions of BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024. The players were rewarded with a $400,000 grand prize.
At DreamLeague Season 22, Team Falcons started their journey from Group A. The team was able to defeat Gaimin Gladiators and Heroic, and drew with the rest of their opponents. A 2-5-0 statistic ensured the players' advancement to the second group stage of the tournament. In the next stage Team Falcons Long Sogpeg with another win over Gaimin Gladiators on two maps in a row, and also defeated OG with a similar result.
Statistics of Team Falcons latest result:
- 2-0 win over OG
- A 2-0 win over Gaimin Gladiators.
- A 1:1 draw with BetBoom Team
- A 1-1 draw with Virtus.pro
- 2:0 win over Gaimin Gladiators
Team Spirit uniforms
The International 2021 champions started last season with a second place finish at DPC EEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I and BetBoom Universe: Episode I - Comics Zone, which earned them $28,000 and $25,000 respectively. The team also earned the right to play at Lima Major 2023, the first Major tournament of the year. The 7th-8th place at Lima Major 2023 is hard to call a good result for such a team, but Miposhka and his teammates fulfilled the minimum programme, earning $12,500 and DPC points. Silver in the DPC EEU 2023 Tour 2: Division I allowed Team Spirit to earn $28,000 and ranking points, as well as a trip to Berlin for the Major event. Before travelling to Germany, Spirit finished in 9th-10th place at DreamLeague Season 19, the first tournament of the ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023 series, and won $25,000. At ESL One Berlin Major 2023, the team fell short, as a 9th-12th place finish in the standings did not earn them any honours. Team Spirit won the final round of the regional league, winning all of their matches. Thus, Miposhka and his team earned the grand prize of $30,000, DPC points and a trip to Bali Major 2023. In between ranking tournaments, Spirit played at DreamLeague Season 20, where they finished in the top 5 and received $52,500. But in Bali the players had the same bad luck as in Berlin. Once again 9th-12th place and no winnings. The final tournament of the ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023 series was the Riyadh Masters 2023, a LAN championship held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, which had the biggest prize money of the year, namely $15,000,000. The win secured Team Spirit $5,000,000 in prize money. Also, the championship at DreamLeague Season 21 brought the players $300,000. And at the end of the year, Spirit became two-time world champions by winning The International 2023 and earning the top prize of $1,521,362. The team failed to qualify for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. The 2024th Long Season started for Yatoro and his teammates by qualifying for DreamLeague Season 22. The team was also able to successfully qualify for ESL One Birmingham 2024.
The previous professional tournament for Team Spirit was BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024. In the group stage Spirit took the second place in Group B with 1-4-0 statistics, which allowed them to qualify for the play-offs. There Yatoro and Team Ledge and Gaimin Gladiators on two maps and lost the right to make a mistake. The team rehabilitated in the match against LGD Gaming. The 2:0 victory put Team Spirit into the quarter-finals of the quarter-finals. However, the reigning world champions lost to the Chinese team Azure Ray with the result 0:2 and finished their participation in the tournament. The 5th-6th places provided the players with $45,000 in prize money.
According to the results of the DreamLeague Season 22 draw, Team Spirit fell into Group B. The team played with a 2-4-1 result, took the fourth place in the group and made it to the second group stage of the competition. The start was not the most successful for Yatoro and his teammates, as the team Ledgeil Xtreme Gaming in a full bo3 series. Next, Team Spirit outplayed Aurora with a score of 2:1.
Statistics of Team Spirit's recent results:
- Victory over Aurora with a score of 2:1
- 1:2 defeat to Xtreme Gaming
- A 1:1 draw with Aurora
- 1:1 draw with Shopify Rebellion
- 2:0 win over 1win
Match history of Team Falcons - Team Spirit
The participants of this confrontation have not played against each other on the professional stage before.
Predicted result of the match Team Falcons - Team Spirit
Team Falcons are having a great Long Corner season, and at the current tournament they have already managed to distinguish themselves with no defeats and victories over several big-name opponents. But Team Spirit should not be written off either, they have the potential to win at least one card. Let's bet on the total of cards over 2.5.
